Word: weather
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...Germans had better weaponry, and the weather was on their side: shortly after the landings, the Channel was scoured by its worst storm in 40 years, which slowed the Allied buildup. The terrain was also on their side: the towering Norman hedgerows, part of a topographical oddity known as the bocage, were so tall and thick, they could and literally did stop Sherman tanks. (Watch TIME's video "The Iconic Photo...
...future manager, publisher and husband - asks why she wants to fly. When he first proposes marriage, she demurs, telling him, "I want to be free, George, to be a vagabond of the air." To a bleary-eyed pilot who questions her decision to take to the skies in dicey weather, she says, "I'm as serious as you are hungover." Earhart may well have said all these things, but you wish the filmmakers had been bold enough to let their heroine sound like a real person now and again. Surely on one of those long flights, Earhart whined at least...
Aside from these props are models of magical creatures, including centaurs, acromantulas, Hungarian Horntails, baby threstrals, and house elves, as well as the costumes worn by characters in the movies. Although the ceiling doesn’t change to mimic the weather outside in the Great Hall section of the exhibit, you do have the option of sitting in Hagrid’s oversized chair in the set of Hagrid?...
...certainly use the good p.r. that will flow from Wednesday's picture-perfect test launch of its Ares I-X prototype rocket, which is being designed to replace the aging space shuttle and ignite a new era in human space exploration. Mission managers took quick advantage of changing weather conditions to blast the rocket through a small hole in upper-level clouds that passed briefly over Launch...
...demonstrate support for our school. Getting an outside performer for the pep rally or allowing kegs at tailgates may make those events more appealing, but it doesn’t create school spirit. Last year I could barely see Girl Talk during his abbreviated time onstage, and the frigid weather made it difficult to hang around the tailgate parties for very long. And on the day of the Game, most of my friends missed the one and only touchdown scored because they came five minutes late. But none of it mattered all that much, because the real excitement of these...